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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Dee.
(b) The Wye.
(c) The Severn.
(d) The Thames.

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) The decayed remains of buildings.
(b) Spots of contrasting color.
(c) Stands of trees and brush.
(d) Shallow dips in the landscape.

3. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(b) The "still sad music of humanity."
(c) The "still sad music of the spheres."
(d) The "still sad music of the past."

4. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Complication.

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Unconsciousness.
(c) Hallucination.
(d) Hypnotic trance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

2. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?

3. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

4. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

5. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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